On November 21, my daughter asked if we could read and record a Christmas story together. Over the next month, we recorded Bunny Brown and his Sister Sue at Christmas Tree Cove by Laura Lee Hope. Part way through, we realized that the only Christmassy part about this summer vacation story were the evergreens that [...]
When I started preparing the first Catholic New Media Advent Calendar in 2008, I had several objectives. First I wanted to help people to reclaim a sense of Advent as a journey and a preparation for the coming of Jesus at Christmas. Second, I wanted to create a collaborative project that showcased the work [...]
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httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKPyKvJPaJ0 To wrap up the Catholic New Media Advent Calendar, let me present a few Catholic New media personalities explaining the meaning of Christmas. Toronto musician Blaise Alleyne went to Midnight mass at the Cathedral on Christmas Eve. On the way out of the cathedral, he was interviewed by CP24 TV news about why he [...]
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Jerry Kohlobrand aka BroJer is active in prison ministry and is all over the Catholic social media sphere. You can find him at CatholicPreachy.com and Bro Jer’s Blog. Today he offers a podcast reflection about Christmas. Thanks again to Jerry for his assistance in the background with this year’s advent calendar. Joe Sales is a Canadian, [...]
“The heart of God stooped down to the stable: the humility of God is heaven. And if we approach this humility, then we touch heaven.”–Pope Benedict XVI Thanks to Sister Anne Flanagan (http://romans8v29.blogspot.com) for compiling the papal quotations on this week leading up to Christmas. On this Holy Night we celebrate the birth of Christ. [...]
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“In the stable at Bethlehem, heaven and earth meet. Heaven has come down to earth. For this reason, a light shines from the stable for all times; for this reason, joy is kindled there; for this reason, song is born there.”–Pope Benedict XVI Merry Christmas from DivineOffice.org Today we have a special Advent recording from [...]
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“The stable in the Christmas message represents the ill-treated world. Christ came to restore beauty and dignity to creation: this is what began and Christmas and makes the Angels rejoice. The earth is restored to good order by virtue of the fact that it is opened up to God, it obtains its true light anew, [...]
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This is one of 2 advent reflections for today. Also check out Two Advent-ure Stories by Judy Ferguson. A Cancon Advent reflection from Sean McGaughey I have 4 or 5 boxes containing a couple hundred Christmas novels, picture books, and anthologies gathered from gifts, thrift shops and garage sales over the years. Each December 1, [...]
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